Hey Jimmie

Well, little Jimmie Thomas
Was the boy of every mother's dreams
His yearbook read:
"I want it all, I want to do everything"
Well, now, people love it when winners lead
So they voted Jimmie "the most likely to succeed"

Jimmie, hey, Jimmie, oh, you made us proud
And Jimmie, say Jimmie, you're the man of the hour
With Jimmie, with Jimmie, we rise and we fall
Little Jimmie Thomas you're the best in us all
The best in us all

Well now, Jimmie grew to be
A man of wealth, fortune and fame
You know the kind of man
That people love to say they know
And to call by his first name
(Yo, Jimmie, what's up!)
He says there's only one on which you can rely
And I see him in the mirror
Every morning and every night

Hey, Jimmie, hey, Jimmie, oh, you made us proud
And Jimmie, say Jimmie, you're the man of the hour
With Jimmie, with Jimmie, we rise and we fall
Little Jimmie Thomas you're the best in us all, hey!

Out on a lonely country road
On a late November night
Jimmie held 44 reasons to give up on his life
There was an old abandoned church
Stood just across the road
With a little faded sign that waved to and fro
To and fro

What does it profit a man to gain this world
Profit a man to gain this whole world
Profit a man to gain this world
But to lose his very soul

Jimmie, hey Jimmie, oh, you made us proud
But Jimmie, say Jimmie, what's happened to you now
With Jimmie, with Jimmie, we rise and we fall
In little Jimmie Thomas, I see the worst in us all